> This bug is pretty confusing, but I think that it is either due to some > particular problem on your machine (hardware or improper user action),
I vote for the latter since my hardware is extremely stable. > or due to a problem when upgrading between particular versions in > experimental that I haven't tested. I may have skipped some experimental release. > I only tested upgrades from sid, > and for the younger versions the upgrade from the previous version > (althought the latter sometimes required manual action). If the sid->experimental upgrade is fine then this is good enough for me. > > If I reinstall tetex-base on a system > > where /usr/share/texmf/tex/plain/config/language.def exists, I get: > > you mean where it exists as a symlink? What about the target? The correct one, that is: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 2005-09-09 14:12 /usr/share/texmf/tex/plain/config/language.def -> /etc/texmf/plain/language.def > Frankly speaking, if there _is_ a bug in the experimental packages that > causes a circular symlink, we would fix it in the sense that it does no > longer do that; but I wouldn't spend much time on fixing existing > experimental systems. I agree. > That's why the package is in experimental - you've been warned. I am used to bugs in sid or experimental :>. > It seems as if it is a problem with upgrading between experimental > versions. Since we don't really support this, there's no need to wait > for testing. > > Just remove /etc/texmf/plain and reinstall again. Thank you for this clear statement. I will fix my system and close this bug... Thanks again for your work on tetex ! -- Laurent Bonnaud. http://www.lis.inpg.fr/pages_perso/bonnaud/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
